How do the frigatebirds sleep? Do the industrious bees also allow themselves some naps? Is it possible to understand that an octopus is sleeping?

To discover these and other curiosities about sleep in the animal world visit "A beast sleep. Sleep in the animal world", a photographic and interactive exhibition held at the Museum of Natural History of the University of Pisa from 17 April to 17 July 2024.

The dissemination project, conceived and implemented by Ecozoica - a young company that deals with environmental communication - contains images of a large group of photographers and nature photographers, popular texts based on the latest scientific research, video interviews by researchers and researchers, an excerpt of the documentary "Octopus: Making Contact" published by PBS and a captivating graphic based on the technique of "visual thinking". Thanks to these tools, you will be accompanied on an incredible journey between science and beauty, in what is the most common, but at the same time mysterious, behavior of the entire animal world.

The exhibition, premiered at the prestigious Festival della Scienza in Genoa 2023, is entirely in two languages, Italian and English. At the end of the course you can also test your knowledge of the animal species of the exhibition thanks to a fun interactive game.